Recipe: Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Butter

This is a recipe from Tyson, they are careful about reminding you to wash your hands often when handling chicken.

Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Butter
Makes 4 servings

4 Tyson Fresh Split Chicken Breasts
1 Tablespoon chopped garlic
1 teaspoon salt
teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoon rated lime peel
8 sprigs fresh cilantro
cup chopped cilantro
cup butter or margarine, melted
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice

Preheat grill to medium. Combine garlic, teaspoon salt, and teaspoon pepper in a small dish; mash into paste using back side of a large spoon. Add lime peel.

Wash hands. Loosen skin of chicken by slipping your hand between the meat and the skin. Spread a quarter of the garlic mixture and tuck 2 cilantro sprigs under the skin of each breast. Wash hands.

Combine chopped cilantro, butter, oil, and lime juice in a small bowl. Brush chicken skin lightly with mixture. Sprinkle with remaining teaspoon salt and teaspoon pepper.

Place chicken on grill, skin side down. Brush with cilantro-butter mixture. Cover and grill 15 minutes. Turn chicken brush with half of remaining cilantro butter. Cover and grill 10 minutes. Without turning, brush chicken with remaining cilantro butter. Cover and grill 5 minutes or until done (internal temp. 180 degrees F.). Refrigerate leftovers.